Whats the best record cleaning fluid?


I have a VPI record cleaning machine I got on audiogon. I need to buy or make a recoed cleaning fluid. Any recommendations or sugestions will be welcome.
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Although I am a dealer for Walker Audio, I am not alone in thinking Walker Prelude to be the best.
Although I am a dealer for Walker Audio, I am not alone in thinking Walker Prelude to be the best.

Although I am not a delear for anything, I am not alone in thinking it is awful, so there you go.
Marketing aside, record cleaning fluids are very much alike. Don't buy into the hype.

It is not rocket science.

Most will do a fine job in concert with a good machine or good brushes and a little elbow grease.
Jejune,

cute. ;-)

What has your experience been that precipitated such a strong opinion for you and your like minded aquaintances?

Re: non-hype alternatives, I've had good luck with especially grody used discs by running them under warm water being careful to avoid wetting the label and then rinsing under a faucet of Reverse Osmosis purified water that I use for drinkng that empties into the same kitchen sink, followed by the vacuum. For particularly stubborn spots of unidentified gunk I have applied a citrusolve type degreaser before doing the above.

Resentment of businessmen aside, I don't think it is unreasonable to charge decent money for the time invested in developing an effective product and the hassle of making relatively small quantities of it available to likes of us.

That said there's nothing stopping any of us from going the cheap DIY route whether it is as good or not. It's not necessary to take pot shots at those who choose to develop and market products to those who don't want to bother with DYIing it.

The Walker stuff carries a 30 day money back guarantee. Where's the problem?